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Jewish Feminism
T
he Jewish Communal
Leadership Program and the
Frankel Center for Judaic
Studies at the University of Michigan,
along with the Jewish Women’
s
Archive, have planned a series of con-
versations March 13-15 on the role of
Jews in American feminism.
From 7-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 13, at U-M’
s Museum of Art,
there will be a welcome reception and
screening of Heather Booth: Changing
the World with Heather Booth.
On Thursday, March 14, from
9 a.m.-5 p.m. will be the following
sessions: From Radical to Feminist;
Periphery and Core: The View from
Ann Arbor; Adding Jewish to Feminist;
and Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews;
Radical Politics and Secular Jewish
Culture. From 7-9:30 p.m., the theme
is “#MeToo in the Context of Jewish
Feminism” with a short performance
by Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals.
Sessions continue March 15
from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and include
Feminisms/Jewish Feminisms
and the Complication(s) of Israel;
Contemporary Leaders Consider
the Legacies of Feminism; and U-M
Students’
Talk Back: Reflections on
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions.
All Thursday and Friday events take
place at U-M School of Social Work,
Room 1840.
On Sunday, March 17, from noon-
3 p.m. the JCLP holds its annual
Community Conversation event at the
School of Social Work, Room 1840,
where the theme will be “The Jewish
Future is Feminist.
”
Hear from three women who cen-
ter feminism as a Jewish value: April
Baskin, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and
Sarah Hurwitz, who will relate the
legacies of Jewish feminism to what it
means to confront today’
s opportuni-
ties and challenges.
For more information, go to ssw.
umich.edu/r/Pa8. The event is free and
open to the public. RSVP is requested
and required for vegetarian lunch on
Thursday and Friday. ■
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in
the
Beth Shalom’
s Women’
s Seder
Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak
Park will hold its annual Women’
s
Seder at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.
Women of all faiths are welcome.
The program includes a kosher,
Passover-style dinner. Vegetarian meals
are available upon request.
Beth Shalom member Aviva
Phillips will lead the program and
Pamela Schiffer, cantor emerita of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East
Lansing, will lead the singing. The
program will celebrate women’
s contri-
butions to the Exodus from Egypt and
throughout Jewish history. Participants
will follow The Journey Continues: The
Ma’
yan Passover Haggadah by Tamara
R. Cohen.
Linda Bell chairs the Women’
s
Seder committee. Working with her
are Nathalie Conrad, Mandy Garver,
Sherri Gelb, Fran Hildebrandt, Shelia
Levine, Aviva Phillips, Marie Slotnick
and Gretchen Weiner.
Reservations are $30 for adults
and $10 for girls ages 5 to 12. “
Angel”
sponsorships are welcome at $54 and
“Benefactor” sponsorships are $72.
Anonymous sponsorships for guests at
$30 are also welcome.
Paid reservations must be made
by March 29. Mail checks to
Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601
Lincoln, Oak Park. For details or res-
ervations, call (248) 547-7970 or email
cbs@congbethshalom.org.
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Israeli Election Coverage
The Atlanta-based Center for Israel
Education has launched a special
section on its website, israeled.org, to
provide a variety of resources related
to the upcoming Israeli parliamentary
elections.
At israeled.org/blog/elections, CIE
is providing history, context and anal-
ysis of the Israeli election system, key
issues, and the political parties and
their leaders. The site offers articles,
videos, infographics, educational
activities and valuable links, with
updates at least once a week until the
Knesset elections April 9.
Election topics to be covered
include the role of religion, cultural
influences and Israel’
s political evo-
lution over 20 elections since 1949.
Initial items in the section include a
video of Professor Doron Shultziner
discussing Israel’
s democratic norms
and how they hold without a con-
stitution and a five-part timeline of
Israel’
s election history. ■